Starching-machine.



No. 734,038. PATENTED JULY 21, 19 03.

I G; H. BISHOP.

STARGHING MACHINE.

APiLIOATION FILED OUT. 9. 1902.

no MODEL.

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shafts to rotate together. .4

Patented July 21, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE I-I.-BISHOP, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STARC'HING-MACHINE.

QPEGIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 734,038, dated July 21,1903. Applioation filed October 9, 1902. Serial No. 126,501. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. BIsHoP, a citizen of the United States,residing. at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Starching Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

One of the objects of this invention is the production of an improvedstarchingmachine.

A further object is to provide a starch-receptacleeasily removable fromthe starchingmachine.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly insection, of a starching-machine embodying the features of my invention.Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the starch-receptacleand.

through the steam-jacket upon which said receptacle rests. Fig. 3 is aview similar to the last precediugfigure, but showing the box partiallyremoved from the steam-jacket and one of the hinged covers of said boxopen. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the starch-receptacle.

In the embodiment herein shown of my invention I provide asupporting-standard 1, divided at its top in the two upwardly-extendingarms 2 and 3. Two shafts 4 and 5, one lying directly over the other, arerotatably mounted in suitable hearings in said arms, the bearing at theforward end of the lower one of said shafts-to wit, shaft 5]oeing ablock 6, vertically'slidable within the arm 3. The standard 1 is furtherprovided with a gear-casing 7, covering two intermeshing spur-gears,(not shown,) one fixed upon each of the shafts 4 and 5 for causing saidThe shaft 4 extends rearward, and outside of the standard 1 is providedwith two pulleys 8 and 9, the former being a tight pulley and the lattera loose pulley. A belt-shifter 10 is slidably mounted in suitableopenings in the ears 11 and 12, extending upward from the arms 2 and 3of the standard 1. The forward end of the shaft 4 is provided with asmooth-face roller 13, fixed with relation to said shaft, and theforward end of the shaft 5 carries a roller 14, composed of or facedwith yielding material forming an absorbent or liquid-containing surfacefor said roller.

The slidable bearing-block 6 for the forward end of the shaft 5 has adownwardlyextending rod 15, pivotally connected with the lower end ofsaid block, which rod passes through a suitable opening in a tiltingblock 16, mounted upon trunnions 17 in the forked rear end of afoot-lever 18, pivotally mounted upon abolt 19 near the base of thestandard 1. A compression coil-spring 20 is interposed between thetilting block 16 and the rod 15, being confined at its upper end withrelation to the rod by the vertically-movable locknuts 21, the normalposition of the roller 14 being adjustable by the movement of saidlock-nuts.

A closed steam-jacket 22 is secured to the arm 3 and is fixed withrelation to the standard 1. This steam-jacket lies beneath the roller14, and its interioris connected with any suitable steam-supply by meansof the pipes 23. The top of the steam-jacket 22 is inclind downwardlyfrom'the left to the right hand side thereof and at its front and rearedges and its right-hand edge is provided with an upwardly-extendingflange 24.

A starch-receptacle 25, the lower edges 26 of which are inclined tocorrespond with the top of the steam-jacket 22 and of a width justsufficient to lie within the marginal flange 24 of said jacket, isprovided, the top of said starch-receptacle being partially closed bythe two hinged covers 27 and 28. The bottom proper, 29, of thestarch-receptacle slants downward from either side toward the middlethereof, and each of the covers 27 and 28 extends only about one-thirdof the Way across the top of said receptacle from the side edgesthereof, leaving between said covers a space for the lowerstarching-roller 14, which when the machine is being used is partiallysubmerged within the starch contained in. the starch-receptacle.

, In use power is communicated to the shafts 4 and 5 by means of abelt(not shown) passing over the drive-pulley 8. Liquid starch is placedwithin the starch-receptacle 25 and steam admitted to the steam-jacket22 through the pipes 23. The starch-receptacle may be removed from itsplace upon the steam-jacket for filling or cleaning by turning back thecover 27 upon its supporting-hinges and lift-' ing the right-hand edgeof the receptacle over ICO the upturned flange 24, the inclination ofthe top of the steam-jacket being sufiicient to permit the left-handedge of the starch-receptacle to pass beneath the starching-roller 14.Said roller also may be raised slightly into contact with the roller 13,if that is necessary, to remove the starch-receptacle; but it isapparent that with a sufficient degree of inclination in the top of thesteam-jacket the starch-receptacle may be removed without moving thestarching-roller 14. When the starch-receptacle is in the positionindicated in Fig. 2, the lower starching-roller 14 is partiallysubmerged in the starch contained in said receptacle, rotating in andcarrying a quantity of said starch upward into contact with the band orother portion of the shirt or garment being operated upon.

When the machine isin use, the starch-receptacle is in the positionindicated in Fig. 2, and both the hinged covers 27 and 28 are closed.The operator stands in front of the machine with a foot upon thefoot-lever 18 and passes the article to be starched between thestarching-rollers 13 and 14, pressing down upon the foot-lever to raisethe roller 14 into contact with the fabric. The pressure of the footupon the foot-lever 18 is not transmitted positively to raise the roller14, but acts through the spring 20. The weight of the roller let issufficient to restore the forward end of the foot-lever to its normalelevated position when pressure is removed from said foot-lever.

It is apparent that various changes might be resorted to in the generalform and arrangement of the several parts herein described withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention, wherefore I wish tohave it understood that I do not desire to limit myself to the precisedetails herein set forth.

I claim as my invention-- 1. In astarching-machine, in combination, asupporting-frame having an inclined portion; and a starch-receptaclehaving inclined lower edges adapted to be removably supported upon saidinclined portion.

2. In a starching-Inachine, in combination, a supporting-frame having aninclined portion provided with a projection; and a starchreceptaclehaving inclined lower edges adapted to rest upon said inclined portionand to be retained in position by said projection.

3. In a starching-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame having aninclined portion; a starch-receptacle removably support-' ed upon saidinclined portion, said receptacle being provided with two hinged covershaving a space between their adjacent edges; and a starching-rollerrotatably supported in the space between said covers and adapted to runin the starch within said receptacle.

4.. In a starching-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame; astarch-receptacle; means for supporting said receptacle; twostarching-rollers rotatably mounted in said supportingframe and adaptedto pass the work between them, one of said rollers running in the bodyof starch within said receptacle; and means for permitting thewithdrawal of said receptacle from the machine without moving either ofsaid rollers or the supporting means for said receptacle.

5. In a starching-maohine, in combination, a liquid-starch receptacle; 8support for said receptacle having an inclined portion; astarching-roller adapted to run in the starch in said receptacle; andmeans forpermitting the withdrawal of said receptacle without movingsaid roller or said support.

6. In a starching-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame having aninclined portion; a starch-receptacle removably supported upon saidframe, said receptacle having inclined lower edges adapted to rest uponsaid inclined portion; and a starchingroller adapted to run in thestarch within said receptacle.

7. In a starching-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame having aninclined portion; a starch-receptacle having inclined lower edgesadapted to rest upon said inclined portion; a raised projection forremovably holding said receptacle in position upon said inclinedportion; and a starching-roller adapted to run in the starch within saidreceptacle.

8. In a starching-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame having asteam-jacketed inclined portion; a starch-receptacle removably supportedupon said inclined portion, said receptacle having lower edges inclinedat an angle substantially equal to that of the inclined portion; ahinged cover for one side of said receptacle; and a starching-rolleradapted to run in the starch within said receptacle.

9. In a starching-machine, in combination, two starching-rollers adaptedto run together, one of said rollers lying below the other and beingadapted to rotate within a body of liquid starch; a starch-receptacle;aconnectingrod and a foot-lever for moving said lower roller toward andfrom the other roller; and a spring interposed between the rod and thefoot-lever.

GEO. I-I. BISHOP.

Witnesses:

M. GREWATCH, GEO. L. CHINDAHL.

